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Verb: make pure
  1. (chemistry) remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
    - purify, sublimate, distill [N. Amer], distil [Brit]

Derived forms: making pure, makes pure, made pure

Type of: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate, mend